Now it’s the Taeguk girls’ turn. Ahead of the 2023 FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the women’s national soccer team promised a new touching myth. The South Korean women’s national soccer team, led by head coach Colin Bell, formed a 31-member call-up list and began its final quenching for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the “dream stage,” from the 18th of last month. 토토사이트링크 Twenty-three of the 31 players will be selected for the World Cup final list. He will play a warm-up match against Haiti at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 8th and leave for Australia on the 10th, the “final place.” In this World Cup, South Korea 17th in FIFA rankings was in Group H. It competes with Colombia 25th, Morocco 72nd, and Germany 2nd. Starting with the first match against Colombia on the 25th, they will play the final group match against Morocco on the 30th in Adelaide and Germany on August 3rd.
South Korea has a nightmare of losing all three games in the group stage at the 2019 World Cup in France, the previous tournament. Many players are sweating despite the bad weather that goes back and forth between monsoon rains and the heat with a strong motivation that this time should be different. Since he has a clear goal, Bell’s high-intensity training is also being carried out without any problems. Ji So-yeon 32, Suwon FC Women, the national team ace ahead of her third World Cup, said in an interview with reporters at Paju NFC on the 3rd, I want to go as high as possible in the World Cup. I hope it will bring better results than 2019. I’m ready for that again. I hope you can see what kind of great game we play, he said, burning his fighting spirit.
This World Cup has a special meaning. This is because it could be the last World Cup to be played together by golden generation members who ranked third in the 2010 U-20 World Cup, including Ji So-yeon, Jang Seul-ki 29, Incheon Hyundai Steel, and Cho So-hyun 35, Tottenham Women. Ji So-yeon said, More than half of the team’s teammates have been friends for more than 10 years since 2010. It’s the last World Cup of the golden generation, and it could be the last for anyone. The players are more mature than 10 years ago, and we can communicate well. Coach Bell also leads us well in a good way. Above all, no player has been seriously injured at the moment. I want to go to Australia as soon as possible, he said.
National team defender Jang Seul-ki also said, We have to work hard because it’s a World Cup with good players. Four years ago, I went to the World Cup in France with excitement. This time, I’m half worried and half excited, he said. I want to play a scoreless game rather than a goal.
Ji So-yeon also has a goal. It is his first World Cup ‘field goal’. Veteran and ace Ji So-yeon is a representative striker who scored 66 goals in 144 A matches. However, he has yet to score a World Cup field goal. He participated in the 2015 World Cup in Canada and the 2019 World Cup in France, but failed to achieve his goal. Ji So-yeon said, There was only a penalty kick goal in the World Cup. I’ve scored a lot of goals, but I haven’t scored in the World Cup yet. I think I need to score a field goal. I’m going to be greedy,” he stressed.
Recently, the U-20 national team’s World Cup semifinals and the U-17 national team’s runner-up in the Asian Cup have been a great strength and strong motivation for women’s soccer players. It gives us the determination and dream that ‘we can do it too’. Earlier, veteran midfielder Lee Young-joo 31, Madrid CFF of the national team also said, The victory of the men’s national team is a great help to us. I want to go higher,” he said.
As expected, the first World Cup match against Colombia is important. You have to get off to a good start. Ji So-yeon said, I’ve played in Europe, and European players are strong, fast, and have good physical. The key is how much players play through high-intensity training. In particular, Colombian players have a good physique. Ramirez is a threat, but it’s hard to stop him with one player. “I think it will be determined by how much I can run and bully, he explained.
Jang Seul-ki also said, You have to button up the first game against Colombia. I’m focusing on training thinking only about the match against Colombia, he said. Cho So-hyun also said, Coach Bell emphasized the match against Colombia. The players are also preparing. They also study what tactics the opponent comes up with and how the opponent’s position comes out. “We are preparing for the World Cup, focusing on the first game, he said.
Lee Young-joo, who plays in the Spanish league, also said, Colombia has several good players playing in the Spanish league. There are players who are technical, good in both physical and speed, he said. I think I can explain to my teammates easily because I was watching them. I have a lot on my mind because it’s my first game. All players should take the first step well by advising them how to prepare, he stressed once again.
This is why the warm-up match against Haiti, the Women’s Soccer Sangam A Match, which will be held 10 years after the 2013 East Asian Cup, is important. You can do an interim inspection ahead of the World Cup. Ji So-yeon said, This match against Haiti will be a time to check how far the physical strength has come, adding, Personally, it is my second time playing in Sangam. Sangam is different from a player’s point of view. It’s an honor to play there. There may be players who play for the first time, but I only watched the men’s game in the stands. I think I’ll be overwhelmed if I run in person, he expected. He asked, I hope as many people as possible will come and cheer me up before going to the World Cup.